July 5, 2012 Australia won’t get in the way of Glencore-Xstrata Australia's antitrust regulator has decided it would not oppose commodities trader Glencore's $26 billion takeover of miner Xstrata.
July 5, 2012 Baja’s top shareholder won’t give more for Boleo Besieged Baja Mining suffered another setback on Thursday after Mount Kellett Capital Management, the company’s largest shareholder, announced it wouldn’t provide debt or equity financing for the Boleo project in…
June 22, 2012 Baja Mining thanks shareholders for their support and provides project update On the table at the company's annual shareholder's meeting in Vancouver were cost overruns, operating costs and new funding requirements.
June 20, 2012 Baja Mining has 45 days to come up with money for Boleo Besieged Baja Mining (TSX:BAJ) added another 14% on Wednesday following good gains the day before to trade at $0.205 after announcing it had negotiated a 45-day standstill agreement with lenders…
June 19, 2012 Burundi makes nickel debut Burundi is slowly entering the global mining economy. Two imminent projects are Muremera nickel, in the target outline stage, and Musongati, targeting nickel, cobalt, copper and platinum.
June 18, 2012 Major shareholder sues Baja Mining over ballooning costs, management Baja says it "intends to defend this action vigorously."
June 18, 2012 No one buys Congo’s mining assets on the cheap: Government The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ministry of Mines went on the defensive on Monday about allegedly granting mining licenses to companies with close connections to the government. It qualified those…
May 30, 2012 Baja Mining lays off 40% of staff and seeks funding for Boleo Troubled Vancouver miner, Baja Mining (TSE:BAJ), said that it laid off 40% of its staff to conserve cash and admitted that there is "no assurance" that it will find funding…
May 30, 2012 China mulling undersea mineral exploration China could take a page out of Nautilus Minerals' playbook and begin exploring for undersea polymetallic sulphide deposits.
May 14, 2012 NMA President informs Congress on critical metals Hal Quinn, President and CEO of the National Mining Association, testified before Congress today on new legislation that would address America's dependence on critical metals.
Argentina’s cradle of Malbec wine is warming up to copper mining The San Jorge copper-gold project, controlled by Zug-based Zonda Metals, would be a first for Mendoza. December 18, 2025 | 10:49 am